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Audiology and COVID-19

1 July 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, COVID-19 | Tele-audiology/tele-health, hearing-aids, pediatric, tinnitus
COVID-19 affected all clinical services in a very short time, including audiology. This service improvement investigation concentrated on how audiology services in the UK were impacted by the virus and how perception of tele-audiology changed. About 120 practising audiologists were...

Till death do us part: the role of the speech and language therapists in palliative care

1 July 2021 | | Speech and Language Therapy | communication, dysphagia, palliative care, speech-language pathology
Increasingly, speech and language therapists are being involved in end-of-life and palliative care. This study reports on a three-phase project to explore this in the context of the Australian healthcare system. In phase one, the authors described a scoping review...

The telemedicine genie is out of the bottle

4 May 2021 | | Speech and Language Therapy
Delivering healthcare interventions remotely is not a new concept. The authors of this article provide a brief history dating back to the 1930s, when the International Radio Medical Centre was established to transmit medical advice to global seafarers. In the...
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Cuff up or cuff down; to occlude or not to occlude? What effect does tracheostomy tube modification have on swallowing outcomes?

3 March 2021 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Systematic review, Evidence based medicine, Dysphagia, Swallowing, Respiratory medicine, Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Tracheostomy
Dysphagia is commonly seen in patients with tracheostomy. The current global pandemic has increased interest in the impact of a tracheostomy on swallowing outcomes. This systematic review is therefore a timely addition to the literature and a useful read for...
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Persistent symptoms of smell loss after COVID-19 infection

7 January 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19 | Ageusia, Anosmia, Covid-19, Gustatory disorders, Olfactory disorders, Recovery, SARS-CoV-2
Anosmia as a result of COVID-19 infection is well recognised. This timely and topical French paper looks at 115 patients with proven SARS-CoV-2 infection, who were contacted with specific questions about olfactory and gustatory disturbance. They found 81% of patients...

Interacoustics continues successful online training

25 November 2021 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Throughout the corona pandemic, the Interacoustics Academy has hosted numerous online training events for audiology and ENT professionals.

Puma soundproofing at EUHA 2021 introduces new compact sound enclosures

5 August 2021 | Research & Development
After a year’s break due to the pandemic, Puma is ready to exhibit at EUHA 2021 and to introduce many new products - expanding its catalogue.

Loss of smell after COVID-19: a view from the patient forums

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Patient advocate, Chrissi Kelly, founder of AbScent, talks about how the pandemic has changed the way we think about smell loss. The high prevalence of chemosensory impairment as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shone a much-needed spotlight on...

MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go

7 July 2020 | | ENT, Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...

Incoming RSM Presidents share their plans for the year

8 October 2021
Section of Laryngology & RhinologyMichael Kuo – PresidentVictoria Possamai – Honorary Secretary Another academic year for the RSM beckons. The programmes that Tim Woolford and Guri Sandhu presented, culminating in the first ‘face to face’ ENT meeting this year, both...

Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy

7 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...